Butaflika announces his nomination on Sunday

An official source announced yesterday that the Algerian president Abdul Aziz Butaflika, is a candidate for the presidential elections due on March 8 and that this will be officially declared in the Algerian capital on Sunday.

This was expressed in a statement issued by the committee in charge of organizing the official ceremony during which Butaflika will announce his nomination on Sunday. Butaflika was elected on April 15, 1999 with the majority of 74% of the voters after the other 6 candidates withdrew during the voting in protest of a perpetuated " falsification " operation. The Algerian constitution defined the term of offices at two each is of 5 year period.